The last time we saw Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn headlining a movie together, they were crashing weddings. Now, in pursuit of an internship, they decide to crash a multibillion dollar internet company after losing their sales job. The Internship is not a sequel to Wedding Crashers. Trust me. I Google searched it to make sure.
What you find is a movie that relies heavily on Wilson and Vaughn's charm to keep this network afloat. Comedically, the first act suffers because of this. If you're not a fan of these two (I am), you may find yourself a little bored or mildly amused. While the humor picks up as it goes along, it could have been comically creative if we learned more unexpected things about the characters"”bringing more conflict into the story for stronger payoffs.
While Wilson and Vaughn hold their own, it is their fellow supporting cast of interns that steal the show. Dylan O'Brien, Tobit Raphael, Josh Brener, and Tiya Sircar are faces I hope to see in more movies to come. Meanwhile, Max Minghella is forced to play an arrogant villain who seems too arrogant to be a villain because he thinks everyone is beneath him.
Despite a fresh premise, The Internship doesn't have a fresh delivery of comedy through storytelling. One of the subplots in the film tries to be fresh, but it ends up being a breezy, tired romantic comedy interlude. Wilson and Vaughn are successful in making a breezy comedy for the digital age, just not a groundbreaking one. But is that too much to ask? I don't think so because they have the experience. And they definitely have the technology.
